How the Strongest Couples Build Love Together

You don’t “fall” in love, you build it.

It seems that the further we look, the harder it is to find couples who are in strong, happy, healthy relationships. But — it is important not to get discouraged, because they are out there, in all generations.

We often credit our parents’ or grandparents’ generations with having longer lasting, more solid relationships. While this may be the case, relationships like these do not just happen randomly. They require consistent effort from both partners.

Here are some valuable lessons we can take from couples with the strongest relationships.

1: They understand the value of compromise.

When two adults meet each other, they’re approaching the relationship from two completely different realities. They’ve got different upbringings, past experiences, perspectives on the world, and lenses that they see it through.

The strongest couples are the ones who find the intersections between these differences and use them to strengthen their bond.

They learn from each other rather than argue. They find a middle ground rather than seeing a chasm between them. They communicate. They share ideas and visions for the future and they create a…